math....the bane of my existence

How did carpentry end up involving so many papers and math issues? I don't know. But at least I'm sticking to minimal training guidelines set out last week. Oh, and the rollers are becoming fun again. This could be trouble. That and I have discovered that my new riding show of choice (How I met your mother) is onto season 4, with about 25 episodes a season. That should at least get me through December. If only Californication and Entourage would pick up the slack...
Next step. Win the lottery. I figure its the only and most logical solution to living life as a non-working member of society. Otherwise I need to figure out how to go on the EI... Though I hear you need a job and to get fired from that job. To be fair, I get fired often. I just keep showing up. PS. This post was about nothing. I was just bored an in that blog kind of mood.

Crunch

Crunch time is here for me. I have made a deal with myself however, I will take part in a minimum of 1 hour of training each day. Its been hard to get in the grove with so much else going on. So far so good. Riding the rollers, running, whatever. Hopefully this week will do me over until exams in 2 weeks. So many papers, but getting there. Who knew carpentry involved so much reading and writing? Felt that tingle in my throat today so spent most of the day drinking tea, working, napping and eating soup. I think that my spicy thai soup this evening should finish off whatever is trying to invade me. It certainly cleared my sinuses. Hopefully going to go look into xc skiing around Perth tomorrow to mix things up a bit. I hear there are trails around. Then what do you know, its almost the weekend again. Time does fly. Looks like team related news will have to wait until Christmas holidays as I really don't have time to deal with everything right now. And I need to use that time to ride so I don't get the boots handed to me too badly.

Frozen bottles.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to still be riding outside and all... but my poor bottles only got 45 minutes into my ride today, and 1.5 hours in on Wednesday. Oddly, the halfway point each time. 'Tis the season I suppose, and I should learn a lesson and put the water bottle shuffle into effect. On a separate note, I've found a place to ski near Perth so am actually a little excited for snow. A change of pace this year with slightly less mindless hours on the trainer. That and an increased school load will mean more quality and focused rides I think instead of the long hours I rolled out last winter. Busy sourcing out racing plans at the moment, and have some stuff nearly ironed out. I may have to make some phone calls this weekend to confirm before any real announcements come, but it would appear Europe is in my future again. Almost wish I could just hop the Atlantic right now... Otherwise life is pretty good. Welcome to another Canadian winter.

Ps - here is my new motivational picture. I look at this when I think I don't want to ride. It makes me want to suffer. Got any other good ones to share? Send them my way. We'll make a scrap book of winter motivation.

Ol' Yellow

My old yellow fixie had seen better days. So many winter miles through snow, sleet, rain, and salt had left her with numerous flats, some profoundly out of true wheels and generally a bunch of rust. Only one option. New stuff. And by new stuff I mean clean out Vince's shop and my mom's basement with "new" and generally unwanted stuff. Meet my new Frankenstein. I'd put up some pictures, but I lent my camera to someone. So those will have to wait. As a hint, I'm digging the comfort of the new mustache bars. Unfortunately I'm in that training dead zone at the moment. But this "zone" has several reasons:
a - Its really cold and I forgot my winter tights again. With the cold comes less daylight hours. Not to mention the occaisional snow flurry, but still not enough to ski.
b - School. I am back in essay zone. I pounded out several thousand researched words in the last few days. And have a few thousand more to go I fear. Plus some architectural drawings. Should be over this hump by weeks end as I'm trying to just motor through as much as possible today.
Otherwise life continues along. Things are looking up for next season, I just need to find some legs to go with it. I think its about time to start watching some race DVDs to up my willingness to ride the rollers/turbo. I'm really just not feeling that right now. Though, it does beat homework.

Coffee

This just in (very exciting).... coffee helps boost recovery too! Not only can endurance be boosted with that pre-ride cup of joe, but now a cup post ride will help with the replenishment of those old glycogen stores. Thank you Mrs. Ryan of Velonews for making my morning. Wisdom teeth (or lack thereof) are also doing pretty well, little tender at times but I am ignoring it and forging ahead. Unfortunately, real Canadian fall weather has arrived so I had to bundle up for my 3 hours today. Pretty damn good ride though. Note, when the weather man says 3, try harder to find booties and warm gloves. Nothing a hot shower and some coffee couldn't fix though. Feels damn good to be getting back into a training grove though. Not sure I'll have the time for the hours I was putting in on the turbo last winter, but I certainly intend for a good winter of quality miles. Hell, I gotta be ready for what the next spring brings....

weekend... goodbye

I sit here, for this quick post hopped up on Tylenol 3s. Why you might ask, well mostly because I just had 4 teeth removed. They billed me for "removal with complications". That is why. On the other hand, I should be able to drink without spilling soon as I have begun tasting blood again. Needless to say I will not be racing this weekend, and if a few particular people have their way... not even riding. We all know I am highly unlikely to not ride. Maybe just stop taking the T3s first....

Sour

Back in Perth, had a pretty decent day (not excellent due to my being in class instead of truely enjoying this) weather. Not to mention that the smoke alarm has been going off in the house for ohhhhhh.... about 2 HOURS. Not fun. And before any smart asses start questioning why I don't just take the battery out... this pos is hard wired in. And any removal or fiddling will make it worse. I have however tried punching it, and calling the alarm company. Quote of the day; "Yes Mr. Fulton, the technician has been notified already..... (me) Is this the same one you notified TWO HOURS AGO????". Needless to say, I'm a little grumpy. I did manage to squeeze in a pretty glorious 1.5 hours spinning between classes. Next up, I'll be putting my hammering skills to use by breaking a small noisy white box.